class.forName() and java.sql

Mon Jan 27 16:19:00 GMT 2003

>>>> 1. class.forName() doesn't work reliably on any system if an object
>>>> is statically linked.

As Lars wrote, classes will only be linked if they are referenced
explicitly. So, adding an explicit reference does the trick. I actually like
the way it works, because it reduces the number of unused classes in the
statically linked executable.
In that respect, it does work reliably (unless there are other issues that I
don't know of?).